Cadena de Suministro de Papas de Bélgica

Bruselas aprueba un plan búlgaro de 29 millones de euros para ayudar a ganaderos y productores de patatas afectados por el coronavirus.

Agosto 31, 2020

Bruselas aprueba plan búlgaro de ayuda a productores de patatas por el Covid-19

La Comisión Europea ha aprobado un plan búlgaro de aproximadamente 29 millones de euros para ayudar a los agricultores que crían rumiantes grandes y pequeños y a los productores de patatas afectados por el brote de coronavirus.

AVR and DacomFarm Intelligence offer field data on a silver platter

Agosto 28, 2020

Smart potato farming: AVR and Dacom combine field and machine data

Less cultivating equipment required by cleverly combining field and machine data. This data is displayed on the digital platform AVR Connect, offering the farmer improved, real time insights into what is going on inside the machine, how it is operating, and how the process can be made more efficient.

Agosto 27, 2020

Belgian Potato Industry Trade show Interpom postponed till 2021

The Potato Industry Trade Show Interpom that was scheduled later this year in Kortrijk Xpo (Belgium) is postponed until November 2021

Julio 16, 2020

Foldable AVR ridger meets demand for mechanical weed control in potatoes

Respectfully using our soils and cultivating efficiently are key for a sustainable agricultural sector. Both private individuals – who determine demand in supermarkets – and governments are calling for a change of techniques, which is clear from the fact that all manner of chemical crop protection products and weed killers are rapidly and increasingly being prohibited.

Julio 15, 2020

Tomra Food Publishes New E-Book For Potato Fresh Packers

Free, downloadable publication by TOMRA Food for Potato Fresh Packers addresses challenges intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Flandre Pomme de Terre - Sentinel II - processing line

Junio 24, 2020

Flandre Pomme de Terre Invests in a Tomra Food Sorter to Keep Pace With its Growth

This is the story of a family farm in the North of France, handed down from father to sons some twenty years ago. Over two decades, the sons have earned a fine reputation in the washed potato business.

Junio 12, 2020

European potato industry rejects Australian farmers' dumping fears

European potato farmers and processors have pushed back against Australian claims they are about to dump subsidized frozen chips from a coronavirus-caused glut into the Antipodean market.

Mayo 28, 2020

INTERPOM 2020 on New Trade Show Days

Theme: ‘Let’s connect the potato chain in the post-coronavirus world’. 2020 will go down in history as 'the year of the coronavirus pandemic'.

Mayo 26, 2020

Starch Europe Welcomes the Publication of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy

Starch Europe today welcomed the much-anticipated publication of the European Commission’s EU Farm to Fork Strategy. Starch Europe and its members strongly support the Commission’s climate neutrality ambition and the important role a more sustainable food system plays to achieve that objective.

Mayo 25, 2020

Europatat acoge con satisfacción la estrategia europea 'De la granja a la mesa'

La Asociación de Comerciantes Europeos de Patata, Europatat, ha mostrado su respaldo a la estrategia 'De la granja a la mesa' presentada el 20 de mayo por el vicepresidente de la Comisión Europea, Frans Timmermans, que establece medidas regulatorias y no regulatorias para hacer del sistema alimentario de la UE un estándar global para la sostenibilidad.

Mayo 11, 2020

NEPG estima en un 5% la reducción de la superficie de patata en los países que la componen

La fuerte bajada de la demanda de producto en los restaurantes, bares y hoteles que habrían caído en un 50/60% y el descenso de la demanda de la exportación está provocando que la industria mundial de procesamiento de patata ha reducido su capacidad y necesidad de materia prima. Probablemente no se procesen más de 2 millones de toneladas solo en los países productores de patata que agrupa NEPG en el continente: Francia, Bélgica, Alemania y Holanda.

Belgian potato sector grows again in 2019

Abril 13, 2020

Belgian potato processing sector continues growth in 2019

Last year, despite the difficult growing conditions as a result of the extreme heat and drought during both the 2018-2019 and the 2019-2020 seasons, the Belgian potato-processing industry once again improved the record for processed potatoes.

Abril 08, 2020

Coronavirus: Belgian fries begin to suffer

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has dealt a blow to a, particularly Belgian market, as the country begins to see declining sales of the humble fries.

Abril 06, 2020

Europatat traslada su congreso anual a Dublín coincidiendo con el World Potato Congress 2021

La organización del congreso europeo sobre el sector de la patata, Europatat Congress, ha decidido cancelar la celebración del evento previsto para los días 11 y 12 de junio de este año en Bruselas.

Marzo 31, 2020

EAPR2020 postponed to fall

Due to a coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 21st EAPR Triennial Conference has been moved to fall. The new Conference date is November 2-6, 2020. Therefore, all key dates have also changed.

Marzo 24, 2020

Free market for potatoes in Belgium collapsed due to COVID-19

Due to COVID-19 the free market of potatoes has completely collapsed. The PCA/Fiwap and the Belgapom price quotation has been suspended because of a lack of transactions on the free market of potatoes.

Marzo 16, 2020

Documento de posición de Europatat sobre el Acuerdo Comercial Futuro UE-Reino Unido

En vista del comienzo de las negociaciones para una nueva asociación entre la UE y el Reino Unido, Europatat, la asociación que aglutina a la industria de la patata comunitaria, ha enviado un documento de posición al equipo de negociación UE-Reino Unido.

Febrero 24, 2020

NEPG define la campaña de patata 2020/2021 como un desafío para los cultivadores

La Agrupación de los productores de Patata de Holanda, Bélgica, Reino Unido, Alemania y Francia, conocida como NEPG, ha calificado, en un reciente comunicado, la campaña 2020/2021 como un 'gran desafío' para los cultivadores.